corporation
/ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/noun
corporation is spelled C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, corporation means “A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of corporation is corporations.
How many letters and syllables are in corporation?
| Letters | 11: C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 39 times per million words; the 2,523rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is corporation?
Corporation appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce corporation?
- UK /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌkɔɹ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃən/
Corporation has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-corporation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with corporation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as corporation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of corporation
- corporations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corporation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
- 2
The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
- 3
In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
- 4
datedslangA protruding belly.
'You'd be surprised,' said Stanley, as though this were intensely interesting, 'at the number of chaps at the club who have got a corporation.'
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate corporation?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of corporation: Corp., corp..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corporation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Körperschaft, Korporation , Aktiengesellschaft |
| Portuguese | corporação , sociedade anónima |
| Spanish | corporación , sociedad anónima |
| French | société anonyme |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does corporation come from?
From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate. By surface analysis, corporate + -ion. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).